Back when I was a professional model-maker at Industrial Light & Magic, my specialty was hard-edged construction – spaceships, miniature sets, and architectural stuff.
ADAM SAVAGEAnd also making them for myself, obtaining them, appreciating them and diving into them.
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Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long.
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When someone tells us something we’re doing wrong on the boards, we try to respond, we try to be responsive to the fan boards, but yeah, I can’t read them.
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It’s about mindset of looking at the world in a playful and curious and creative way.
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I think the whole thing that Jamie [Hyneman] and I have in working together is that we are constantly simplifying each other’s designs,
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You give me a drawing, you give me a prop to replicate, you give me a crane, scaffolding, parts from ‘Star Wars’
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The fact is that the British Museum had a complete specimen of a dodo in their collection up until the 18th century
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That’s OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.
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It’s a pointless delay that wrecks my pace – and mood.
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“I agree your results aren’t always right,” they’ll say, “but your methods are clearly showing that science is a re-creative process, and it’s an interesting process because it’s messy, and no other shows show that.”
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The ‘Mythbusters’ crew, we monitor the Discovery boards, we look for the new ideas that are being forwarded on those boards, and we keep track of what’s going on, we keep updated.
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Getting paid less to work for people you like and believe in is much better for you (and your career) in the long run.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences.
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In theory, cars are fairly simple. If they don’t start, it’s either the fuel system or the electrical system.
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They are 14 years old, and I explain to them frequently that they will never realize the glory of a snow day.
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I like to work fast. I despise not having the right tool or, worse, knowing I have it but not being able to find it.
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